Lyn's Recipe Collection
2 apples, 1 tsp cinnamon, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/4 cup water,
2 eggs, 1/2 cup milk, 3/4 cup sugar, 3oz butter,
1 3/4 cups SR
1.Core and quarter apples. Supermix with 1/4 cup each of water & sugar and the cinnamon until smooth. Put in a basin.
2. Supermix eggs, milk, 3/4 cup sugar and 3oz butter until custardy.
3. Pour into large basin and add flour.
4. Pour batter into 8 inch greased cake tin and pour apple-cinnamon mix on top.
5.
SYRUP: 1 cup water, 1 cup sugar, 250g butter.
Put in saucepan on heat until sugar is dissolved. Keep hot. Then make pastry.
PASTRY: 1/2 cup self-raising flour, 1/2 cup plain flour, pinch of salt, 1/2 cup shortening.
Rub shortening into sifted flours and salt, mix with about 1/4 cup cold water.
Roll out firm dough (about 13mm/1/2″ thick) and cover with plenty of (finely) sliced apples sprinkled with sugar & cinnamon and roll up.
Put in a greased fire-proof dish, pour hot mixture over and bake 1 1/4 hours* in hot oven (basting occasionally). Serve with cream or custard.
NOTE: jam, currants and cinnamon may be used instead of apples.
* Try 14 mins Comb. Med MW 250 degree C